Southern African Development Community

intergovernmental organisation of 16 southern African states headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana; promotes regional socio-economic integration, development, poverty alleviation, and increasingly peacekeeping and political security cooperation
Organization international_organization Q816706
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Summary

Southern African Development Community is an international organization[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of international_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,244 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Southern African Development Community's field of work was international development[3].
  • Southern African Development Community is in the country of Botswana[4].
  • Southern African Development Community's instance of is recorded as international organization[5].
  • Southern African Development Community's headquarters location is recorded as Gaborone[6].
  • Southern African Development Community's child organization or unit is recorded as SADC Statistics Committee[7].
  • Southern African Development Community's child organization or unit is recorded as SADC Tribunal[8].
  • Southern African Development Community's Commons category is recorded as Southern African Development Community[9].
  • Southern African Development Community's industry is recorded as international governmental or non-governmental organizations[10].
  • 1980 marks the founding of Southern African Development Community[11].
  • 1992 marks the founding of Southern African Development Community[12].
  • Southern African Development Community's official website is recorded as https://www.sadc.int[13].
  • Southern African Development Community's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Southern African Development Community[14].
  • Southern African Development Community's topic has template is recorded as Template:Southern African Development Community[15].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as SADC[16].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as CDAA[17].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as 南共體[18].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as 南共体[19].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as САДК[20].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as SAOG[21].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as CDAA[22].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as СРПА[23].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as САДК[24].
  • Southern African Development Community's different from is recorded as Southern African Community USA[25].
  • Southern African Development Community's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26].
  • Southern African Development Community's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 1980[11] and 1992[12].

Identity

Short names include SADC[16], CDAA[17], 南共體[18], 南共体[19], САДК[20], and SAOG[21].

Operations

Southern African Development Community's headquarters location is recorded as Gaborone[6]. Subsidiaries include SADC Statistics Committee[7] and SADC Tribunal[8], an international court[28], in Namibia[29], founded in 2005[30], headquartered in Turnhalle[31].

Industry

Southern African Development Community's industry is recorded as international governmental or non-governmental organizations[10]. Its field of work was international development[3].

Why It Matters

Southern African Development Community ranks in the top 6% of international_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,244 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Sadads · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Southern African Community USA
    Library of congress authority id → n89200076
    Viaf cluster id → 123091600
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, WikiProject Climate change
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  2. 13w ago · Sadads · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → intergovernmental organisation of 16 southern African states headquartered in Ga
    Field of work → international development
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Field of work: international development"
  3. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Inception → —
    Instance of → —
    Headquarters location → Gaborone
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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